StevenSavage

inthehands, 3 months ago to random

There’s a lot to chew on in this short article (ht @ajsadauskas):
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240214-ai-recruiting-hiring-software-bias-discrimination

“An AI resume screener…trained on CVs of employees already at the firm” gave candidates extra marks if they listed male-associated sports, and downgraded female-associated sports.

Bias like this is enraging, but completely unsurprising to anybody who knows half a thing about how machine learning works. Which apparently doesn’t include a lot of execs and HR folks.

1/

skinnylatte, 3 months ago to random

Tired of the SF Downtown is dying stories when (1) downtown has always been dead (2) it was planned that way (3) most of the businesses complaining about crime and poor sales are simply not relevant (4) no SF resident goes downtown for fun or voluntarily (even me, and I'm only a mile away)

It's so easy to blame homeless people, when imho it's much clearer to blame poor planning and poor business people for most of it

StillIRise1963, 2 months ago to random

I was pregnant with twins and bedridden during the entire O.J. trial. I watched every minute of it. Punditry became a thing since there was wall to wall, never ending coverage. In my mind, it was the beginning of the end for cable news.

RickiTarr, 1 month ago to random

Anyway, sometimes my brain creates really sad scenarios, and I play out my reactions to these scenarios, and it makes me really upset, but it's like I'm trying to prepare myself for every possibility even though it's both impossible and destructive.

ai6yr, 2 months ago to politics

Apparently the NCAA tournament is bringing out the racists. This is the second major incident on this topic (on top of the pickup-truck-intimidation-and-racial-epithets in Idaho last week). Also, this is an elected official.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/28/rep-maddock-calls-ncaa-basketball-teams-at-dtw-illegal-invaders/73130088007/
#ncaa #racism #politics #basketball

sysop408, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

I'm sure there are plenty of you who are blocking spam direct messages as fast as they can come in.

There's a setting in your notification preferences where you can block any direct message that's not coming from someone you follow. You'll also probably need to change your notifications to go off only if you get mentioned by someone you follow or someone who follows you.

Whatever is happening is probably not so much a spam wave as it is an attempt to undermine the Fediverse. For that reason, it may be better to not be so fast to block as blocking entire domains creates more fragmentation of the Fediverse and creates incentive for bad actors to sink an instance they don't like by opening up an account on that instance to harass already irritated people and create pressure for admins to block that domain.

I'll change my notifications and DMs back after the wave passes.

#mastodon #spam

atomicpoet, 1 month ago to random

Gothic is getting a remake! 😮

A playable teaser has already been released. And I confirm it will have gamepad support.

Here’s a screenshot from my Steam Deck!

StevenSavage, 11 months ago to random

Realizing I don't talk about my writing here as much - and that's going to change!

So I write on worldbuilding, creativity, and careers. You can find my stuff here.

Would LOVE to connect with fellow writers.

https://www.informotron.com/

StevenSavage, 10 months ago to random

Finished Good Omens S2. Uneven in spots, but damn good, heartfelt, interesting parallels, and there better be an S3.

StevenSavage, 9 months ago to random

As Elon shits the bed again let's give a shout out the the sfba.social admins @Ingurido @seb and @cd24

Also let me promote the support page https://opencollective.com/sfba-mastodon

atomicpoet, 19 days ago to random

The problem I have with many Nintendo fans is that they believe that the entire gaming industry should be Nintendo.

It’s true that Nintendo has a certain philosophy when it comes to gaming. It also generally—but not always—works for them.

But it’s a fallacy to believe that higher spec hardware inevitably leads to more expensive game development cycles.

How do I know this? Because PC, as a platform, has the highest specs available. Top of the line PCs almost always outperform consoles—even consoles that are newly released.

And yet, on any given day of new releases on Steam, few games require those high specs. Most games released on Steam require meagre specs. 10-year-old hardware can still run the bulk of new PC games.

As someone who owns an RTX 3080 Ti, it’s a rarity for any new game to push GPU—even on ultra settings. Even the most demanding AAA game barely puts my PC through its paces, and my card is almost four-years-old now.

So if top-of-the-line AAA made now don’t even cause my four-year-old GPU to sputter, what does that say about the bulk of hundreds of indie and AA titles released each month?

The ironic thing about all this is that many—perhaps most—of the 3rd party titles Nintendo fans love so much get released on PC first. They don’t start life as Switch games. They’re often PC exclusives for at least a year before they move to Switch.

What does that tell us? That just because powerful hardware exists doesn’t mean games require those specs. Better hardware doesn’t mean longer dev cycles and higher spec requirements. It just means that devs have more options for what’s possible on hardware.

You know who else agrees with me? Nintendo. If they believed higher specs lead to longer dev cycles and bigger production budgets with lower ROI, they wouldn’t keep releasing better hardware with each console generation—even if their hardware doesn’t usually have specs that match their competitors.

For God’s sakes, better specs do not lead to higher spec requirements. And they certainly don’t lead to higher devs cycles.

https://youtu.be/3VO8EWdK_t8

StevenSavage, 7 months ago to random

This feels like a conversation between Team Fortress 2 characters.

<Scout> "I dunno why people go on about 'biological women!'"
<Soldier> "ALL WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFUL! Biological! Chemical! Nuclear!"
<Spy> "I feel you both don't understand the situation, yet understand it better than many."

StevenSavage, 7 months ago to random

Santos not running again (if he's not lying) isn't surprising. It might even be a deal to cover his backside.

StevenSavage, 2 months ago to random

My opinion of Iran attacking Israel is I'm not a goddamn mideast expert and no one should listen to me.

StevenSavage, 11 months ago to random

I explore one of my inspirations - Dave Barry - and how one of his plans to be funny turning serious still inspires me. https://www.stevensavage.com/blog/2023/07/the-humanity-of-the-lost-jester.html

StevenSavage, 11 months ago to random

Just moved my mastodon.social account here. Kudos to @seb, @Moritz, @cd24, @Ingurido, and @jeffkibuule for giving this San Jose geek a place to go.

Also Might as well note hey, send them money . . . https://opencollective.com/sfba-mastodon

Crazypedia, 3 months ago to HazbinHotel

Talk to your doctor if #HazbinHotel songs have been stuck in your head for more the three days 🏥

StevenSavage, 3 months ago to random

I'm gonna read the Dune books about the Butlerian Jihad. But I'm busy trying to fix my Roomba, which is hard because all the search results are clogged with AI spam.

StevenSavage, 12 days ago to random

Quick tip that helps us with heat. We set our fans up to circulate air around the house, with one in the restroom as that's the coolest room.

Between that and blackout curtains we don't need ac as much.

StevenSavage, 3 months ago to random

In this world, we are all this woman.

StevenSavage, 2 months ago to random

If you see a technology and think "divorced dads who won't go to therapy will love this," then its a bad idea.

StevenSavage, 14 days ago to random

Regarding previous Toots. A lot of people calling for civil war, you'll notice, also support autocrats. They'll participate in a war IF someone covers their ass, gives them a group to join, etc. They'll approve from the sidelines.

If involved, they will keep doing horrible things since they wouldn't be able to stop, they'd be too weak.

They won't start one, but they may snap or get too far into their bubble and do some smaller atrocities.

StevenSavage, 2 months ago to random

I'm going to tell people "The Three Body Problem" is a harem anime.